The Board of Alders approved a resolution that will allow Mayor Toni Harp to accept a $1 million federal grant aimed at making Newhallville safer, but not without passing a separate resolution that attaches caveats for city staff going forward.

More street outreach workers in schools. More jobs for Newhallville teens. More coordination among groups, including city government, trying to do good in the neighborhood. And an ongoing evaluation of whether any of it is working to reduce crime and youth violence.

Frustrated with how city officials plan to spend $1 million earmarked for their neighborhood, some Newhallville residents this week said they are fed up with being a guinea-pig community that officials mine to experiment with programs that don’t ever seem to change life for the better.